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The ‘New Defeatists’: Why May and Tillerson Are My People of the Year

The ‘New Defeatists’: Why May and Tillerson Are My People of the Year
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with British Prime Minister Theresa May at No. 10 Downing Street, London, Sept. 14, 2017 (State Department Photo).

It is the season for columnists to nominate their words, songs and people of the year. Here are mine.

My word of the year is “defeat,” with a special nod to its derivative form “defeatist.”

My song is “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” by the Rolling Stones.

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